Attendance: Jim Dubay, Jay Sexton, Dave Pittman, Kelly Christiansen, Mike
Gibson, Craig Banner, John Ross, Scott Duval, Mike Storrs, Greg Alpert,
Everett Kaser, Sam Storrs, Greg Johnson.
Treasurers Report: (Mr. Johnson) We have a total of $2200 in the bank of
which $200 is ace pot reserve.
Adair Greenskeep: (Mr. Kaser) Reported David Pittman found innards of a
basket lock on the course. He speculated it may have been beaten by
vandals or potential thieves. Locking down all holes was discussed. He
said there was a wasps' (yellow jackets') nest short on No. 8 above ground
but low. The path work of tonight's workparty on hole No. 4 was mostly
completed but needs some more gravel to finish it up. Four people showed
to help with the path: Everett Kaser, Dave Pittman, Craig Banner, and Jay Sexton.
For the Record, J. Sexton reported the phone number for the bee/wasp
collector is 752-8396, and his name is Jim in case we see more yellowjacket
nests that need removing for safety's sake.
Willamette Greenskeep: (Mr. Alpert) Had fairways to No. 8 mowed correctly
after some struggling with parks maintenance people. He later discovered and
reported that a parks work crew had weed whacked the Sarvis Berries we so
recently planted, protected and have been watering. Mr. DeGhetto was
contacted and said that Corvallis Parks will replace the native seedlings at
their expense.
The Scout project bridge between basket No. 1 and Hole 2's tee looked
finished but after it was inspected by the scout master it was decided that
it needs additional work. He will arrange to get that done.
Mr. Alpert said he has been watering the trees the club planted and helped
buy protective materials for. He said he does it with a parks truck and
takes about an hour to make the rounds.
A neighbor has been complaining about cigarette butts on the course. He's
been working towards a solution of possibly putting No. 10 cans at Tee boxes
so smokers can put their butts there. Several members commented that
Willamette is looking very fine with recent Parks maintenance activities and
last year's clearing.
Corvallis Parks has reported it is unable to do tee signs to replace the
ones that are breaking or just wearing out. It will be up to the club to
design and replace them. We will wait until next winter in keeping with an
agreement with artist and designer Mr. Christiansen. He will design the new
signs and we should try to time their installation to coincide with the
working agreement with Corvallis Parks and installation of new posts.
Doubles Report: (Mr. Banner) The Ace pot stands at $136 cash with $200 in
reserve with the club treasurer. Some aces have already been paid out. He
and Mr. Gibson have collected $53 in mulligan funds since last meeting.
A Doubles Picnic is upcoming.
Handicap League Report: (Mr. Storrs) It's been doing great. On pace after
numbers have dropped off to contribute $450 to the Willamette Open X. We
were getting about 20 people per night most nights though recently numbers
have dropped down to 5 or so. He ended spring Handicap series last night.
Mike Key, Tewa Phimmasone and Brad McDougal were the top three finishers for
this round of handicap. He reported that anybody can win by simply improving
on their average score. Mr. Storrs said he's been keeping good records.
Adair average score is a 61. He adjusts players handicaps based on that. You
usually have to shoot one of your better rounds to win. A rule of thumb,
according to Mr. Pittman, is that a player who shoot an average or better
personal round will get their money back or better. Summer League will end
just before the Willamette Open in the fall. Ultimately the prize for
building attendance is to increase the payout. Everybody who's participated
in handicap has won at least once.
Willamette Open X Report: (Mr. Storrs) He accidentally got in on the new
Title Disc site now being run by a new owner. He sent the info in and
expected to talk about the details before it was announced. But it was
accidentally released earlier than he planned. The new Title Disc guy is on
line 24-7. Our event was supposed to be open for registration only two
months before the event.
Tournament Director Storrs said he was going back to a final nine playoff of
top players after three rounds. The Final nine will be played on a course
we're not playing as part of the three regular rounds.
There will be some food at Adair. He will cook burgers for lunch at Adair.
Lunch break will be for two hours. Divisions for the final nine playoffs
have not been settled. He's thought about one for each division. He may have
more than nine separate divisions. One suggestion was playoffs for more
than 10 players in the division. There will be four in each final nine
round. Mr. Storrs said he wants a very spectator friendly final nine. He
wants people who never play final nines to get a chance to do that. People
will be playing in pools which will start at one course then switch Saturday
afternoon to a second course. Then players will play two rounds at the same
course Sunday. He said he may use Bryant for final nines. Mr. Duval said
because it's September and the park isn't heavily used, we may not have to
pay Albany Parks normal fees. The Albany Club doesn't usually have to pay
fees for the Calapooia Classic. We just want to get on the calendar with the
city, Mr. Duval recommended, adding he would talk with Jerome Fields to get
that done for us.
There will also be a party and awards ceremony at Calapooia this year though
food will be up to individuals instead of complementary. The event format
will be different next year as well, he said.
He's keeping the player limit at 160 compared to 211 who were let in last
year. Sunday's lunch will be at Bryant if he has one. Lunch Saturday will be
included as part of players packs but Sunday's lunch will be at each players
expense. He's been able to get pizzas donated in past and may be able to
provide them again this year. Food for the event party at Calapooia Saturday
night really strained the budget last year so he may skip the party and,
particularly the band this year. He thought the band would help with cover
at the door from locals who would be drawn to the music.
Awards will be in the open, outdoor space at the Calapooia Brewery. Mr. Mark
Martin reported he has the kitchen working better on handling food
purchases. We're probably going to attract 100 people to the awards, Mr.
Storrs estimated.
We want to get the courses prepped within reason. We will do less mowing
than last year. The mower, which was partly underwritten by Kirk McAllister,
will cost for the trailer and fuel expenses to transport it from Lebanon and
use it for brush clearing.
On hole placements, Mr. Johnson recommended hole No. 4 at Adair not be in
the longer position, for speed of play. You should use the short placement
or we may use the super long placement out in the field.
Hole placements Will change overnight Saturday. It will be a nice blend of
short and long positions. We should notify the Radio Controlled Aircraft we
are going to use the long placement, even if we don't wind up using it. They
require two months notice ahead.
Mr. Storrs wants to get all the logos (from sponsors) to put onto a scanner.
Mr. Johnson said he has most of them already. The prize for the players'
packs is going to be a long sleeved shirt. He thought he might to use the
club logo for the players pack disc. Full color will require another order
being placed with Innova.
We have a disc order of white Rocs and Aviars with Mr. Christiansen's
graphic. We ordered 65/35, respectively. We could easily do another run of
Rocs and Aviars, Mr. Johnson estimated. We could order 120 more.
We want to order another 100 discs for inventory to get two new discs. One
is the new Monarch and the other is the Gummy Pro Pig, which is similar to a
Rhino but more overstable. Greg may be able to get order through Inova East.
Full color can only be on Aviars and rocs. The Monarchs are just starting to
come out. The Monarch is described as a faster Roadrunner.
Mr. Pittman said we blew through the Champion Eagles he ordered. We have one
or two left in inventory. Had real good response. We will get some more of
those.
President's Report: (J. Sexton) The club's working agreement with the
Corvallis City Parks and Recreation department was promised for this meeting
but it's not ready. It's stalled in an infinite loop, he reported.
Mr. Kaser will chair the August meeting because President Sexton will be
feeding bears in AK.
The PDGA affiliate club program left this with some disc golf magazines for
people who want them.
Mr. Alpert suggested we begin a membership drive, considering that students
are out of town and players on our courses are more likely to be residents
and good prospective members. We need to try to pull people in, he said.
Everyone can bring someone in over the next five meetings. It appears OSU
students have dominated Willamette. Mr. Storrs thinks we ought to start a
student led attempt to get a new disc golf course closer to the campus or on
OSU property. The students need to be pushing for a course because the
university has the desire and money. But the students must take the
initiative, Mr. Alpert said.
The previous OSU club couldn't deal with the money (fees) aspect. The greeks
came out this year and maybe we can go through them to gather support for a
course in the fall. The Disc Golf Association will sell baskets at half
price for new courses on college and university campuses.
Maybe we need to set up an OSU chapter and help them work with the
University. Bring players still playing Willamette into the club. We need
cards to hand out with the benefits of club membership and meeting times and
information. Mr. J. Sexton said he dreams that we can one day sell discs at
Willamette park that will be an lever to generate new membership for the
benefit of discounts to members.
Mr. Alpert said he had talked with City Parks Forester Becky Murja who said
if weu want another course, just approach the city. Bald Hill and Herbert
Avenue, south of town toward the Airport, were areas she recommended
exploring.
Mr. J. Sexton said DeGhetto was negative though he considered a course along
the Marys River might solve their homeless problem in that area. May trade
that property for industrial land at airport. We need to ask for more
marginal land because property that's so pristine will meet with more
resistance from neighbors. They also might consider a Park along the Marys
River for an ultimate course under the expressway from pioneer park out and
back or for a short 9-hole course. They seem to be somewhat warm to that
idea. You want to get people who don't want to travel to Adair, which could
be OSU students or people living closer to downtown. Another course would
take the pressure off Willamette park and possibly attract students.
Mr. Banner reported he has talked to Roseburg disc golf people who say their
course was not PDGA sanctioned, but was covered for insurance anyway. They
also developed a 9-hole course with the Lions Club. The Lions Club may be
worth approaching as a potential sponsor for disc golf and another course.
Mr. Duval said the Lions has wanted to work with Albany. We may want a
subcommittee of the club to talk to the parks department to push into
getting another course. OSU student players need to find a place that's on
university land where they can party and play.
A new Director, Jeff Powers, has been named for Benton County's Natural
Areas and Parks Department. They brought six people in to interview. Powers
had 15 years experience as Douglas County Parks Head and five years as head
of Redmond City Parks. There will be a chance to meet him at a Parks meeting
soon.
On the Adair fundraiser event, there will be two rounds with a break for
lunch. Director Dion Arlyn is hoping to have at least 20 people. Signup is
at 8 a.m., and players meeting at 9. They are sanctioned events and will
cost $10 extra for non P.D.G.A. members.
Mr. J. Sexton reported that the Philomath City's Marys River disc golf group
has produced a map of their proposed course. It's nothing particularly
flawed but not especially interesting to competitive disc golfers. Philomath
will end up with two nine-hole courses.
Albany Report: (Mr. Duval) Waterloo is Scary. Full of overgrown brush.
People may have to bring extra discs to play it at this point. They have
been promised cooperation with the county and Kirk McAllister's tractor.
Waterloo will be ready unless we don't get the machinery help, he said, for
the Calapooia Classic. We will know if its OK after this week. We may need
another course, such as Adair but will know for sure at end of the week.
Bryant Park has work parties every Sunday at 10 a.m. organized by Mr. Duval
and Mr. Fields.
It was recommended the Albany club circulated its information through the
WDGC website and e-mail circuit to announce work parties and events. Mr.
Christiansen said Bryant will be a cool course. He said he doesn't want to
see chains saws used to force something out of the course that nature
doesn't give you. Mr. J. Sexton recommended flagging trees under
consideration for cutting, getting people to play and decide. Our goal, Mr.
Duval said, is to be cutting the last two or three trees next week and it
will be down to weedeaters and blackberries after that. We may shift people
over to Waterloo as soon as Bryant looks ready to play. They have been
considering shortening fairways by moving tee boxes closer for the
tournament. The woods will be a backup without shorter holes and closer
teeboxes, club members commented.
Basket order for nine more baskets has been placed and they will be coming
in for the Adair club next week. They shipped today. Discussed two more
holes in the woods to fill out the 18 holes.
Their club's monthly tournament is the following Saturday.
Mr. Banner said he was still concerned that Dion's event was supposed to be
$25 for everybody and now its $35 for non-PDGA members. On the websites, its
advertised as $25 for everybody. It was noted that if it's considered a
fundraising event, the PDGA fee may be able to be waived. Some players
especially want the round ratings from playing an event, though you might
get more people out if the extra fee was waived.
Respectfully submitted
Undersecretary J.W. Ross